Cyranaica

[Craig]

Cyranaica is the eastern coastal area of Libya. It was an administrative division of Italian Libya from 1927 until 1943, then under British military and civil administration from 1943 until 1951. Cyrenaica was the birthplace of the Libyan civil war.

I have two pages of Cyranaica stamps.

[Craig]

[Craig]

Do you have any to share? Please do!

[dcstamps]

Nice Stamps Craig

I have lots of stamps from Cyrenaica, but I will show three of my favorite sets.

Scott # C6-C11

Air Post set featuring an airplane flying over a camel rider and over desert ruins, issued Aug 8, 1932.  These were issued during the Italian Colonial period.

[dcstamps]

Scott # C12-C17

These Air Post stamps, also issued under the Italian colonial period on April 15th, 1933 are often called the Zeppelin series.

[Bee]

SmileyBeautiful collections and stamps dcstamps and @craig

[dcstamps]

Emirate of Cyrenaica

On 21 Nov 1949, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya (Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan)  should become unified and independent before 1 Jan 1952.  

In 1949, Idris as-Senussi, with British backing, proclaimed Cyrenaica as an independent emirate called the Emirate of Cyrenaica. This emirate soon became part of the independent Kingdom of Libya when it was established  on 24 December 1951, and Idris as-Senussi became King Idris I.

Scott # 65-77 (missing #67, 75, 76 & 77)

These stamps were issued in 1950 by the Emirate of Cyrenaica

[Craig]

Whoa, Michael! These are great. Thanks for posting them.